Young Woman in Blue Dress

Artist Charles H. Williamson (American, born Scotland, 1826 - 1874)

Dateca. 1851

MediumDaguerreotype

DimensionsPlate (ninth, large): 2 7/8 × 2 3/8 inches (7.3 × 6.03 cm)
Case (open): 3 3/4 × 6 1/2 × 3/8 inches (9.53 × 16.51 × 0.95 cm)
Case (closed): 3 3/4 × 3 1/4 × 1/2 inches (9.53 × 8.26 × 1.27 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.26

SignedStamped on brass mat recto, bottom: "C.H. WILLIAMSON, BROOKLYN, NY."

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DescriptionImage of a young woman wearing a blue dress with a a lace collar, broach, and dark veil. This (slightly larger than a ninth plate) cased daguerreotype is housed in an oval brass mat inside of brown leather case, Vase with Fruit and Flowers variant motif, with an embossed red velvet liner.Published References

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"Obituary," Photographic Times 4:47 (November 1874): 176; "Brooklyn Photo. Art Association," Anthony's Photographic Bulletin (November 1873): 331-33.

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